“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”
Variant: If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
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Milton Berle9
American comedian and actor 1908–2002Related quotes
“Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Source: Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World's Most Influential Voice
“We're knocking on the door of success.”
Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
5-Oct-2005, DCFC website
Said after 9 games without a win.
“A man knocking on the door of a brothel is looking for God.”
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
The source is actually a 1945 book by Bruce Marshall, The World, The Flesh, and Father Smith, in which he says, "...the young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God."
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“The younger generation will come knocking at my door.”
Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Solness, Act I
The Master Builder (1892)
“You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book Zorba the Greek
Source: Zorba the Greek
“They are so busy knocking that they do not notice that the door is open!”
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer
Hercule Poirot’s Early Cases (1974)
Morrissey (1959) English singer
On Later With Jools Holland (21 May 2004)
About the Notre Dame fire, Odds & Ends
“Opportunity only knocks once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.”
Red Symons (1949) Australian broadcaster and musician
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